Natural Homemade Beauty Care Tips

Take control over your skin care (and improve your cooking skills) with easy DIY recipes you can make at home

What? No more late-night runs to the drugstore? Where do we sign up? That's what we said after talking with Janice Cox, author of "Natural Beauty at Home," who explained why many people would rather make their own beauty products: "Cost savings, convenience and control," she said. "You can make for pennies what you're spending dollars on at the store ... late at night or early in the morning, and you know exactly what's in it."

With that in mind, we present our favorite beauty recipes so you can cleanse, moisturize and exfoliate your skin the easy way. (And for those of you who just aren't DIY-types at heart, we feel your pain; check out the natural store bought alternatives after each recipe.)

P.S.: If you're prone to allergic reactions, be careful and discontinue use should you have any unusual reactions.